Book 26, by Helen Wells
Illustrated by "Mayan"?
Grosset & Dunlap, 1966
Cherry smiled. "Dr. Fairall told me his staff works as a team, and I do want to cooperate. The only thing is, I must be sure to take care of the nursing duties first. First and adequately."
--From Cherry Ames, The Mystery in the Doctor's Office, p. 11
Cherry enjoys being the office nurse for a medical practice in the theater district--but the medical secretary is behaving suspiciously.
Chapter 1: To Dr. Fairall's
Chapter 2: Getting Acquainted
Chapter 3: Parade of Patients
Chapter 4: A Young Ballet Dancer
Ballet dancer Leslie Crewe is one of several of Cherry's celebrity patients, which include concert pianist Scott Owens; historical novelist Martha Logan; movie director John Blaine; foreign correspondent Matthew Jeffrey; and stage actress Meg Morrow.
Gwen has a lot of New York connections--her Aunt Bess and her husband had spent summers on Long Island till a few years before; and two young cousins live in Westchester--but there's nary a mention of her Aunt Kathy and Uncle John Martin, who also live on Long Island (Department Store Nurse). In Visiting Nurse, however, Gwen doesn't seem to know anyone in New York except the family of an old schoolmate.
Cherry Ames, The Mystery in the Doctor's Office
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